House GOP Almost Doubles Hurricane Aid Package

December 19, 2017 | Jeff Davis

December 22, 2017 - Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed an $81 billion package of emergency supplemental appropriations for hurricane...

CR to January 19 Filed, but Appropriations Endgame Still Unclear

December 16, 2017 | Jeff Davis

January 15, 2017 - This week, the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee introduced legislation (H. J. Res. 124) that...

How Has Federal Bridge Policy Changed Since the I-35W Collapse?

December 16, 2017 | Jeff Davis

January 15, 2017 - Today was the 50th anniversary of the deadliest highway bridge disaster in U.S. history - the...

Trombino Withdraws as FHWA Nominee

December 16, 2017 | Jeff Davis

December 14, 2017 - Paul Trombino, President Trump's widely hailed pick to run the Federal Highway Administration, withdrew his name...

Final Tax Bill Preserves PABs, Kills Transportation Fringe Benefit Deduction for Employers

December 16, 2017 | Jeff Davis

December 15, 2017 - At 5:30 p.m. today, Congressional negotiators filed the final "conference report" version of the tax bill...

Capitol Hill Events - Week of December 18, 2017

December 15, 2017 | Jeff Davis

Monday, December 18 - House Rules - full committee hearing on H.R. 3312, systemic risk designation improvement, and H.R. 1,...

Like a Tweet, Go Directly to Jail? GAO Finds USDOT Social Media Violated Federal Law

December 15, 2017 | Jeff Davis

December 15, 2017 - Whatever low-level U.S. Department of Transportation employee manages their social media accounts was undoubtedly shocked earlier...

Timeline of Key Moments in Federal Bridge Policy

December 14, 2017 | Jeff Davis

Timeline of Key Moments in Federal Bridge Policy

Shutdown Averted (For Now), but Appropriations Endgame Still in Doubt

December 8, 2017 | Jeff Davis

December 8, 2017 - A potential government shutdown starting at midnight tonight has been averted with yesterday's passage of a...

Tax Reform Bill Sent to House-Senate Conference

December 8, 2017 | Jeff Davis

December 8, 2017 - The House and Senate sent the $1.45 trillion tax reform bill (H.R. 1) to a House-Senate...

Status of Legislation and Nominations - December 8, 2017

December 8, 2017 | Jeff Davis

For an updated list of transportation-related bills and their legislative status, click here. For an updated calendar of transportation-related Presidential...

Senate PFC Provision Would Lead to $944M in Federal Tax Losses, Say Scorekeepers

December 8, 2017 | Jeff Davis

December 6, 2017 - The Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation have determined that the provision in...